[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 21914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08627]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC618


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Public hearing for the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's (Council) Omnibus Recreational Fishery Accountability 
Amendment.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on 
May 15, 2013. The public hearings will be held on April 29, 30, May 1, 
2, and 3, 2013 during this comment period. All public hearings will be 
held from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. For details on hearing times and 
locations, see ADDRESSES.

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held, in chronological order, as 
follows: April 29, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza at the Crossings, 801 
Greenwich Ave., Warwick, RI 02886, (401) 732-6000; April 30, 2013 at 
Hyatt Place Long Island/East End, 431 East Main St., Riverhead, NY 
11901, (631) 574-8008; May 1 at the Holiday Inn, 151 Route 72 East, 
Manahawkin, NJ 08050, (609) 481-6100, May 2 at the Clarion 
Fontainebleau Hotel, 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842, (800) 
638-2100, and May 3 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 
Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451, (757) 213-3000. Written 
comments should be mailed to the Council office at the address below 
and marked ``RECREATIONAL AM AMENDMENT.'' The public hearing document 
can be obtained by contacting the Council at the address below or at 
the Council's Web site: http://www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If approved, the Omnibus Recreational 
Accountability Amendment (AM) will modify accountability measures for 
the recreational Atlantic mackerel, bluefish, summer flounder, scup, 
and black sea bass fisheries. The Amendment evaluates AMs that are 
alternatives to the current pound-for-pound reductions and in-season 
closures. The Amendment considers AMs that take into account the 
biological cost of a catch overage and the generally uncertain nature 
of recreational fishery catch estimates and management controls. A 
draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the proposed actions 
is available by contacting the Council office and at the Council's Web 
site: http://www.mafmc.org after April 15, 2013.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 9, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-08627 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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